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Cannons pistols and rifles.enThu, 22 Feb 2018 04:20:10 GMTvBulletin60http://castboolits.gunloads.com/images/misc/rss.pngCast Boolits - Muzzleloading.http://castboolits.gunloads.com/
Ruger Old Army grip size?http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355236-Ruger-Old-Army-grip-size&goto=newpost
Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:44:12 GMTHi all,
I sent for a pachmayer grip for one of my ROA's. The grip says it fits a Blackhawk frame & thought it said ROA but it obviously doesn't fit that. Not like I haven't put a few of these on-it just is the wrong one . Anyone know what grip fits this beast.?
]]>Muzzleloading.Newtirehttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355236-Ruger-Old-Army-grip-sizeLymann recallhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355142-Lymann-recall&goto=newpost
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:10:17 GMTJust got a email from midsouth shooters supply that lymann is recalling their side locks for breech failures. They gave a serial number range that were effected.Just got a email from midsouth shooters supply that lymann is recalling their side locks for breech failures. They gave a serial number range that were effected.
]]>Muzzleloading.tomme boyhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355142-Lymann-recallNeat trick to save moneyhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355019-Neat-trick-to-save-money&goto=newpost
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:05:49 GMTGuys I have been shooting black powder for so many years I can't count. Every now & then a new trick
I learn. This maybe the best I have seen for cap & ball revolvers. We know caps are so expensive now days.
There the make a cap deals out there & so on. But being I also load my own cartridge guns it has amazed
me how cheap pistol primers are compared to black powder caps. Well check this out my friends.

Fly:bigsmyl2:
]]>Muzzleloading.Flyhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355019-Neat-trick-to-save-moneyTerminal Effect of Roundball?http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355015-Terminal-Effect-of-Roundball&goto=newpost
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:52:50 GMTPart professional interest (firearm instructor), part recreational (hunter), and part historical, I'm hoping I can get some firsthand observations on how these nearly pure lead marbles behave on impact. Due to CA's impending lead hunting ban and the sheer difficulty of hunting in my zone, I'm unlikely to learn in the one season I'd have available to try, even if I did have the gear.

On the negative hand, you have almost the worst possible aerodynamic shape, and the worst possible sectional density numbers.

On the positive hand, people did successfully fight wars and feed themselves with them, and even in fairly primitive smoothbore form, the arms were viewed as sufficiently superior to the improved versions of the sharp stick that they were willing to accept the technical and logistical penalties of chemistry (gunpowder), and metallurgy - both gun making and bullet casting - to possess them. No less an authority than Elmer Keith observed the roundball in the .36 Navy Colt to be a superior manstopper to the conical options that were often found in the accompanying molds.

Unfortunately, we don't have Marshall and Sanow doing studies of bank robbers being felled by round balls, nor do we have Federal, Remington, and Winchester shooting gelatin blocks with them and publishing the results. If the surgeons at Waterloo had anything to say about it, I'm not really sure where to look.

So if any of you charcoal burners have smacked rows of milk jugs or done autopsies on your deer, elk, and pig in the name of science, I'd love to hear the details of caliber, velocity, penetration (recovered or not), expansion, and damage caused.

:drinks:
]]>Muzzleloading.Bigslughttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?355015-Terminal-Effect-of-RoundballWhere to buy- 58cal RB barrelhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354995-Where-to-buy-58cal-RB-barrel&goto=newpost
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:34:53 GMTAnyone know where I can get a TC 58cal RB barrel ...Anyone know where I can get a TC 58cal RB barrel ...
]]>Muzzleloading.Dogmannhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354995-Where-to-buy-58cal-RB-barrelPowder horn with a storyhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354932-Powder-horn-with-a-story&goto=newpost
Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:44:33 GMTFound this horn and wanted to rehab it for a priming horn but noticed it had some debris inside . Newspaper heading from 2 NJ and 1 NY paper dated Sept 25 1941 ,still going to get it back in use but did find it interesting bit of local history /Ed
Attachment 214478...Found this horn and wanted to rehab it for a priming horn but noticed it had some debris inside . Newspaper heading from 2 NJ and 1 NY paper dated Sept 25 1941 ,still going to get it back in use but did find it interesting bit of local history /Ed

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]]>Muzzleloading.Edwardhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354932-Powder-horn-with-a-storySome off the knee shootinghttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354812-Some-off-the-knee-shooting&goto=newpost
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:53:37 GMTJust a little fun, off the knee shooting with my Traditions St Louis Hawken .50cal from 75 yards. I had been testing some conicals and later on, decided to take a few shots from a hunting position with my normal round ball load. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aqWqVfZ1eAJust a little fun, off the knee shooting with my Traditions St Louis Hawken .50cal from 75 yards. I had been testing some conicals and later on, decided to take a few shots from a hunting position with my normal round ball load. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aqWqVfZ1eA
]]>Muzzleloading.FrontierMuzzleloadinghttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354812-Some-off-the-knee-shootingThe English Snaphance Lockhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354792-The-English-Snaphance-Lock&goto=newpost
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 22:43:49 GMTNew free download article via my web site.

The English snaphance is not only one of the most innovative "flint-locks" but is probably one of the rarest gun mechanisms to have survived. Recent research has found that only about 80 English snaphance muskets, pistols and detached locks have survived worldwide, although this does not include excavated, converted or incomplete locks. Modern tests by the author have proved it to be a fast and reliable mechanism and it must have been a serious challenger to the matchlock and wheellock in the 16th century. This article looks at the history of the lock and examines two examples.

David
]]>Muzzleloading.ResearchPresshttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354792-The-English-Snaphance-LockGould Bullet in .45 Rifleshttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354747-Gould-Bullet-in-45-Rifles&goto=newpost
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:08:58 GMTI tried to get at this in another sub forum without much luck, so I'LL try here. I want a 330-350 gr bullet to shoot in my inlines and caplocks. I slugged a couple Knights and came up with .460(widest measurements from bottom of grease grooves) I don't have the tools or brain power to actually measure depth of grooves. Thinking true bore size is probably near .451 or .452. I have some cast Gould's that mic @ .460 but way too big to seat easily with ramrod. Not sure if I need custom mold or get a Gould and run them through a sizer. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.( I do want to shoot this bullet as a full bore lubed bullet, but also size it down to .446 to paperpatch)
]]>Muzzleloading.Themoosehttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354747-Gould-Bullet-in-45-RiflesSwiss or Olde Eynsford users?http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354739-Swiss-or-Olde-Eynsford-users&goto=newpost
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 06:04:44 GMTCan any of you Swiss or OE users tell me what muzzle velocities you get with 20 grains of powder and round balls from a .36 revolver? Thanks in advanceCan any of you Swiss or OE users tell me what muzzle velocities you get with 20 grains of powder and round balls from a .36 revolver? Thanks in advance
]]>Muzzleloading.ofitghttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354739-Swiss-or-Olde-Eynsford-usersAccurate Molds for White MLhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354717-Accurate-Molds-for-White-ML&goto=newpost
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:21:55 GMTI found a few designs from Accurate listed for the White ML. They look like they would make good candidates for GG bullets, like the 50-455P.
Anyone tried them? I am looking for somthing else to shoot in my Lyman GPH.I found a few designs from Accurate listed for the White ML. They look like they would make good candidates for GG bullets, like the 50-455P.

Anyone tried them? I am looking for somthing else to shoot in my Lyman GPH.
]]>Muzzleloading.charlie bhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354717-Accurate-Molds-for-White-MLRerifle barrelhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354710-Rerifle-barrel&goto=newpost
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:41:49 GMTI am looking for someone that can drill out and re rifle a barrel I have Bob hoyt # but can not get ahold of him Is there anyone else?I am looking for someone that can drill out and re rifle a barrel I have Bob hoyt # but can not get ahold of him Is there anyone else?
]]>Muzzleloading.tdoor4570http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354710-Rerifle-barrelLooking for screwshttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354678-Looking-for-screws&goto=newpost
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 05:07:46 GMTAs I recall, someone a couple of years ago recommended a screw manufacturer on this site. He makes good reproduction of hand made wood screws for firearms. I thought that I saved it, but unless he went under, I lost it. can anyone make any suggestions.
Thanks
SteveAs I recall, someone a couple of years ago recommended a screw manufacturer on this site. He makes good reproduction of hand made wood screws for firearms. I thought that I saved it, but unless he went under, I lost it. can anyone make any suggestions.
Thanks
Steve
]]>Muzzleloading.doc1876http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354678-Looking-for-screws.451 Hunting Bullet for Deerhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354531-451-Hunting-Bullet-for-Deer&goto=newpost
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:59:44 GMTGot the itch to try something out, but looking for the voice of experience from the group... I have had a great deal of luck and satisfaction in paperpatching bullets in my muzzleloaders thanks to Idahoron... Killed whitetails with both my 50 RMC flintlock and 45 Knight inline with no problems......Got the itch to try something out, but looking for the voice of experience from the group... I have had a great deal of luck and satisfaction in paperpatching bullets in my muzzleloaders thanks to Idahoron... Killed whitetails with both my 50 RMC flintlock and 45 Knight inline with no problems... but have an itch to shoot a lighter bullet with flatter trajectory, but still want it to be very lethal , not marginal at least out to 200 yds... I have been contemplating something in the range of 330-350 grains(I now shoot 407gr).. and thinking of possibly a hollowpoint like the Gould... from what I have been able to gleen from some searches this bullet is devastating as long as the alloy and velocity are within design parameters for blackpowder. As stated, I am happy with the current performance of my rifle/bullet combination, but thinking of tweaking.(Forgot to mention what I am using in the .45...Ron's recipe: 11mm RCBS 370FN(cast from pure lead runs 407 gr) paperpatched with 2 wraps of #9 onion skin.)

Thanks in advance for helping this old codger out... when I think too much I get a headache!

Kindest regards,

TheMoose
]]>Muzzleloading.Themoosehttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354531-451-Hunting-Bullet-for-Deermaking a simple round hole bigger!!!http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?354471-making-a-simple-round-hole-bigger!!!&goto=newpost
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:33:26 GMTOK, my son confiscated my first auction bought gun when I was 17. A Italian double barrel percussion 20 ga. The gun shoots fine and is real cute but it has always been a wall hanger. Never had a ramrod in it although the hole is in the stock and you can see where the collar was attached to barrel...OK, my son confiscated my first auction bought gun when I was 17. A Italian double barrel percussion 20 ga. The gun shoots fine and is real cute but it has always been a wall hanger. Never had a ramrod in it although the hole is in the stock and you can see where the collar was attached to barrel spacer. The lug that fastens barrels to stock only has a little hole in it and thus eliminating a ram rod to slide in all the way. So I says to myself if jail birds can hacksaw themselves out of prison surely I can make the hole bigger with a file. Don't have a drill bit long enough and if I did I would not want to chance breaking lug free from barrels. Well, 6 months have gone by and working at it 30 minutes or so at a time because it can drive you nuts and I am half way big enough!! Why did I start this????
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